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Postal ballot facility to be extended to certain classes of citizens in up
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued guidelines for the conduct of general elections/by-elections in the face of COVID-19 pandemic whereby it said that option of postal ballot facility will be extended to certain classes of citizens.
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Trump may block counting of mail-in ballots, say experts
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump may try to block the counting of mail-in ballots, according to voting experts.
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Trump says he can issue executive order on mail-in ballots if necessary
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 4 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump says that an executive order on mail-in voting is an option should the need for it arise.
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'...Don't want to wait for three months and then find out ballots were mis
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said he doesn't want to delay the November election but expressed doubts about 'mail-in voting'.
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Bihar polls: Panel to use PPE kits, thermal scanners
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct impending Bihar assembly polls with certain protocols such as using PPE kits, conducting thermal scanning, maintaining social distancing, limiting
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Experts fear post-election crisis as Trump attacks integrity of US electio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 24 (ANI): President Donald Trump's continuous attacks on the security of mail-in ballots are compelling both parties to cope with the possibility that he may dispute the result in November if he faces a loss. This could lead to an unprecedented test of Americ
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COVID-19: Kamal Nath writes to EC, suggests bypolls by using ballot papers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and state Congress president Kamal Nath wrote to the Election Commission, suggesting that the upcoming Assembly bypolls should be conducted using ballot papers in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rapper Kanye West fails to qualify for presidential ballot in South Caroli
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): American rapper Kanye West on Monday (local time) failed to submit any of the 10,000 signatures needed to appear in the presidential ballot from South Carolina, Sputnik reported citing local media.
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EC not to extend postal ballot facility to voters above 65 in Bihar polls,
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Election Commission said on Thursday that it has decided not to extend postal ballot facility to voters above 65 years of age in Bihar assembly polls and other impending by-polls in view of the decision to limit the number of electors at each polling station
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CPI opposes move of postal ballot for voters above 65 years
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) has opposed the move to provide postal ballot to voters above 65 years of age and said it will "jeoparadise the democratic process of free and fair elections".
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Trinamool writes to EC, seeks revocation of decision on postal ballots for
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 6 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Monday wrote to Election Commission saying that amendments allowing those above 65 to vote through the postal ballot was "arbitrary, mala fide and unconstitutional" and sought its revocation.
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Centre extends postal ballot facility to voters above 65, COVID-19 patient
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The government has extended the postal ballot facility to electors above 65 years of age and COVID-19 positive patients who are under home or institutional quarantine.
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